Aderonke Osikominu studied Economics in Regensburg, Paris, and Mannheim, where she earned a M.Sc. (Diplom-Volkswirtin) in 2004. She received her Ph.D. in Economics (Dr. rer. pol.) from Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg in 2008. From 2008 to 2014, she held positions at University College London, University of Zurich and Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg. Currently, she is a Professor at University of Hohenheim.

Her main fields of research are Labour Economics, Applied Econometrics, Economics of Education and Program Evaluation.

She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in January 2009 and serves as member of the IZA Network Advisory Panel.